European Podcast Final Votes
If you’ve not already voted in the European podcast awards, you only have a few days left to cast your vote. If you want to vote for FrequencyCast, click on the link below… Thanks everyone… Carl & Pete
Month: October 2008
Freesat PVR out in November
The first Freesat hard-disk recorder is expected to appear in mid-November. Made by Humax, the Foxsat-HDR will bear the “Freesat+” badge, have a dual tuner, and will support HD, series link, live pause, live TV rewind and the ability to split recordings. With two SCART sockets, one HDMI high definition socket, the Humax Foxsat-HDR has…
Own Morph
At last, a chance to go back to your childhood. Small, and made of brown plasticine, the adventures of Morph on BBC kids show Take Hart holds many a happy memory for the Frequencycast boys. So, you can imagine how happy we were to see this “My Own Morph” package. The only downside, is you…
Discovery coming to Freeview
The company behind the Discovery Channel has secured a slot on Freeview. Using content from the existing Discovery-branded channels, the new channel on Freeview apparently won’t carry the Discovery name, and will be free-to-view from early 2009. The slot on the Freeview network was put up for auction by SDN (owned by ITV) in June…
S.O.S – Save our Shortwave
Shortwave radio enthusiasts are up in arms about Homeplugs – and the local interference that they can create. What is a Homeplug? These are used in situations where you need to run a broadband connection around your home, but you can’t, or don’t want to, use wi-fi. Homeplugs come in packs of two – a…
Three HD channels on Freeview from 2009
The UK TV regular Ofcom has today confirmed that BBC, ITV and Channel 4 (with Welsh-language broadcaster S4C) will soon be broadcasting in High Definition over Freeview. Channel 4 plans to simulcast an HD version of their main content as well as show show HD movies during peak hours. ITV will offer their 6 to…
Happy 50th Blue Peter
October 2008 sees Blue Peter hit its 50 year anniversary, and everyone has a special memory of TV’s longest-running kid’s programme. To celebrate this anniversary, there’s a new book just out looking at the series’ history and classic moments. We’ll be reviewing this in Show 32 of our podcast, so take a listen. The book…
More re-brands from UKTV
We’ve now seen a number of UKTV channels move from boring names such as UKTV G2 to names like Dave, Alibi and Watch. Now, two more of the UKTV channel lineup are about to change: UKTV People: Becomes “Blighty”, featuring “typically British” content UKTV Documentary: Becomes “Eden”, making you feel like like you’re somewhere far…
FrequencyCast Update – Dark Days for DAB
We’ve just released a 5 minute ‘update’ podcast, looking at Channel 4’s decision to pull out of the digital radio business, meaning bad news for the future of national DAB radio in the UK We also feature a couple of questions on eBook readers, some BT Vision news, and several ways to save money on…
Channel 4 pulls out of radio
As we’ve covered in our podcasts on many occasions, Channel 4 has been planning to make a big splash in digital radio. Today, they announced that those plans are now dead. The proposed stations e4 Radio, Channel 4 Radio music station Pure 4 no won’t go ahead, with Channel 4’s Andy Duncan blaming the economic…
Five’s on demand service, on BT Vision
TV channel Five has launched their 8-day catch-up service on BT Vision. If you’ve missed a Five show, such as Home and Away, The Gadget Show, It Pays To Watch, Neighbours or Fifth Gear, then you can view them up to 8 days after transmission on your TV. Some shows are available for even longer…
BBC7 rebrands as BBC Radio 7
The most popular of the BBC digital radio stations, BBC 7, rebranded itself to BBC Radio 7, last Saturday, the 4th of October. With TV stations rebranding to names like Dave, Alibi and Watch for no readily apparent reason, this is quite an innocent change. According to Mary Kalemkerian, the Head of Programmes at BBC…
New Listener Survey
We’re trying out a new listener survey – Please tell us what you think of our shows at https://www.frequencycast.co.uk/limesurvey/admin/admin.php?sid=41369
FrequencyCast UK Podcast Show 31 released
Show 31 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. Here’s what we cover: News Updates: TV and Radio re-brands, half-price HD, Google phones, and Nuts loyalty. Focus – eBook Readers: Like the idea of an electronic book? We explain about eBooks. Hands on: We look at the updated Cowon media player…